Ryan Jiang prepares for boxing match against Colin Brazas

1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 9

The 19-year-old Harvard freshman, who studies applied mathematics and weighs about 160 pounds, spent fight night reviewing sparring video of Brazas, a Babson College senior.
Jiang said he had been nervous all day after waking with a racing heart, while boxers around him meditated, jumped rope or trained before their bouts.
The match took place during a Harvard Boxing Club fight night, when the club's usual no-contact training gave way to real jabs, hooks and uppercuts.

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